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  1. Pearson Vue Trick and Official Results.

    shananigansWI replied to sunshinee's topic in NCLEX Exam, Programs

    I took my exam on Thursday, and got the good pop up! Am I the only person that doesn't want to pay for quick results? If I were really worried I might not have passed I'd be more inclined, but I feel...

  2. Nurse Residency Programs

    shananigansWI replied to boykinm's topic in Job Search, Interview, Resume

    I am currently working as a nursing assistant at a hospital affiliated with the university I am earning my BSN from. Many of the new grads that worked as SNAs (student nursing assistants) on this unit...

  3. Is Phlebotomy taught in Nursing school?

    shananigansWI replied to amanda1266's topic in General Students

    It is technically not included in my school's curriculum (a recent and controversial change actually), and the nurses at the hospital where I did my first two clinicals seemed to pretty much rely on...

  4. exposure to the Operating Room

    shananigansWI replied to wishiwereanurse's topic in Operating Room

    We get one day of OR observation during our first year, it's my turn next Tuesday. I think it will be an interesting experience, I've never been in an OR and we get to follow the patient to

  5. LPN license eligible?

    shananigansWI replied to finallyRN7's topic in General Nursing

    I just heard about taking the LPN NCLEX after the first year of the RN program from another student recently. I don't know if it's very common or encouraged, probably not since this is the first I've...

  6. what color uniforms does your school use?

    shananigansWI replied to Nolander's topic in General Students

    We have white scrub tops with the school logo and "school of nursing" embroidered on them, navy blue scrub pants, and white shoes with some color on them ok. I like the uniforms alright, except I had...

  7. How did you choose your specialty??

    shananigansWI replied to mitral's topic in General Students

    I'm in the beginning of the second semester of my program, and realizing I have no idea what I want to do. I feel like my experience is too limited and there are so many options, many of which I am...

  8. Evidence Based Research Project

    shananigansWI replied to fhsu06's topic in General Students

    We just had a librarian come and do an active learning session on research in one of my classes this afternoon. We covered how to search for things on PubMed and CINAHL. Our group made a PICO-style...

  9. PHARMACOLOGY HELP!

    shananigansWI replied to EMMIESMOM's topic in General Students

    I have Nursing Central on my phone, which includes Davis's Drug Guide. I often use this in clinical and to look up any drugs I don't know as I come across them. It's also useful for reference...

  10. PHARMACOLOGY HELP!

    shananigansWI replied to EMMIESMOM's topic in General Students

    I'm finding pharm to be a challenge too, so much info and almost all of it new to me. I just took the second exam of the semester in my pharm class, got an 81. That was the class average, so I...

  11. Did anyone else have a bad 1st day of clinicals??

    shananigansWI replied to allsmilez's topic in General Students

    Mine could have gone better. There was another student assigned to this pt as well since her case was pretty complicated. Admitted with an anoxic brain injury (following an incident of food aspiration...

  12. Share Your "Brain" Sheet

    shananigansWI replied to nurseJ88's topic in Cardiac

    Thanks everyone for sharing your "brains"! Our instructor wanted us to come up with our own format to use for clinical prep tomorrow, this thread has been a great place to mine ideas. I decided to...

  13. air bubble in syringe

    shananigansWI replied to colleennurse's topic in General Nursing

    Glad I found a thread on this topic! I just did my first flu shot clinic yesterday, and left pretty confused about the issue of air bubbles for IM injections. We were using pre-filled syringes. Our...

  14. What exactly is BSN online?

    shananigansWI replied to MyGranniePanties's topic in General Nursing

    Like everyone said, I think it will vary a lot depending on the program. While working on my first semester of prereqs I was considering the Accelerated Online Bachelor’s to BSN program at...

  15. How to learn about drugs on your own?

    shananigansWI replied to northmississippi's topic in General Students

    My organic/bio chem class had a semester long project doing assignments and writing a paper and presentation on one drug. When I was doing my research on lorazepam I came across the Mosby's Nursing...

  16. Scholarship thank you letter

    shananigansWI posted a topic in General Students

    I've been awarded a scholarship for the next academic year! The letter said donors and sponsors of the scholarship program welcome letters from students. I've never recieved a scholarship before so...

  17. Has anyone used Saladin:Unity of Form and Funciton A&P Textbook?

    shananigansWI replied to karamarie91's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    My course used this book, I was lucky enough to be able to borrow it from a friend who had already completed it. I ended up using it more as a reference than anything else, so it probably wouldn't...

  18. Summer Micro Course

    shananigansWI replied to my4helpers's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    Having a subpar teacher is the pits, you have my sympathy. My micro instructor didn't spend much time on things that wouldn't be on exams/quizzes, but there was a fair amount that we were expected to...

  19. Summer school anyone?

    shananigansWI replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    So many people were on the waiting list for online college algebra they decided to open up another section. Score! No 8am class this summer after all.

  20. Advice please: PreReqs @ Community college?

    shananigansWI replied to youngwildfree's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I agree, as long as you're sure the community college credits are acceptable for transfer, the most important thing is to succeed in those courses. I decided to enroll at the local tech college to...

  21. Taking 2 science courses (bsc2086 and MCB) in the same semester!?

    shananigansWI replied to SuperMommy013's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    You are the best judge of what you can handle, so I'd take anything an adviser tells you with a grain of salt. I took micro, A&P 1, and o/bio chem last fall. Total of 14 credits, I had four...

  22. Summer school anyone?

    shananigansWI replied to DarkBluePhoenix's topic in Pre-Nursing Students

    I took two semesters of logic back when I got my BA, that's how I got out of taking any math classes. Couldn't run from it forever, taking college algebra this summer. I also have class at 8, but...

  23. I'm In!

    shananigansWI replied to IUK2014's topic in General Students

    :ancong!:

  24. Is it worth just going from BSN rather than just a ADN..

    shananigansWI replied to guardcutie02's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Yes, Madison. I don't know anything about the hospitals in the Milwaukee

  25. Is it worth just going from BSN rather than just a ADN..

    shananigansWI replied to guardcutie02's topic in Diploma, ADN, BSN

    Everyone here has given you great advice, it really does depend on your location and the particulars of your situation. I chose to go the BSN route. I had a previous BA, so the difference in the...